If you visit Las Vegas and lose all your money, there’s a good way to cheer yourself up. Travel 50 miles out of town to the astonishingly beautiful Valley of Fire. Or if you’re not into delayed gratification, take a look at “A Journey into the Valley of Fire,” a two-minute ShotonIPhone documentary that shows off…
read more →“Charlie on the M.T.A.” is one of the most famous folk songs of all time. Performed by The Kingston Trio in 1959, the lyrics tell the story of a man stuck in the Boston underground system. Originally written to protest a fare increase, the song sold millions of copies. More relevant to this post, it…
read more →“Missed Call” documents a boy’s quest to reconnect with a father he hadn’t seen for many years. The film’s visual imagery, story structure, and editing are stunning. But what you’re most likely to remember is the documentary’s searing honesty. The director Victoria Mapplebeck not only captures her son as he deals with difficult emotions. She…
read more →“Je suis Liberté” (“I am Freedom”) has taken the grand prize in the first annual Mobile Film Festival: Africa. Directed by Senegalese filmmaker Marcel Moussa Diouf, the one-minute drama pictures a dying woman who personifies freedom. The woman is surrounded by teenagers who are so engrossed in their smartphones that they don’t notice what’s happening…
read more →A drone’s maneuverability enables filmmakers to create visually rich films in a single shot. The latest example is Luke Bell’s drone music video “We Can’t Breathe.” The two-minute movie features rapper Phehello Makgoe. Like the director and the singer, the entire crew is from South Africa. Key members are the drone pilot Bradyn Hopking, the…
read more →In 1932, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to Freud. The great physicist speculated on what it might take to make war obsolete. Unsure of the validity of his ideas, Einstein asked the celebrated psychoanalyst to give his vision of what might end international conflict. Two months later, Freud sent a reply to Einstein. Freud agreed…
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